Meaning & use

Titania

noun·Academic

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The common name for titanium dioxide, a white compound widely used as a pigment and in ceramics.

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The lab measured the purity of the titania powder before mixing it into the glaze.

Titania nanoparticles are studied for their use in sunscreen and solar cells.

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The same word, capitalized, also names the largest moon of Uranus and the Queen of the Fairies in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

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titanium dioxide

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